Improvement in milk-can bottoms



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. Lette/rs Patent No. 104,924, datedletly 5, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-CAN BOTTOMS, acc.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. BELL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Milk-can Bottom, Ste., and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whieh'will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specific-ation.

The ligure is a side yview of the lower part of a can or barrel to which' my improved bottom has been applied, part being broken away t0 show. the construction. My invention has for its object. to improve the means of securing the bottoms in milk-cans and the heads in metallic barrels, which shall be simple in construction, strong, and durable; and- It consists in the hoop, with i-ts lower edge turned inward, to form a groove, to receive the edge of the body and the turned down edge of the bottom or head, in combination with said body and bottom or head, as hereinafter more fully` described.

A is the body of the can or barrel.

B is the bottom, the edge ofwhich is turned down, so as to lie along the inner surface of the end ot' the body A, as shown in the figure.

C is the lower or end hoop, the edge of which is turned inward, toiform a groove to receive the edges of the body A and bottom B, as shown in the figure, the edge or chime having thus four thicknesses through which the rivets are passed, to secure the three part-s to each other.

vThe grooves, creases, or angles ofthe senin or joint may also he filled with solder, and then tinned to give a smooth surface, a

This hoop may be malle of a solid piece ot metal, ring-shaped, without ends or rivets, and struck up to form the annular groove.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentrlhe hoop C, with its edge turned inward, to form a groove to receive the edge of the body A, and the .turned down edge of the bottom or lead B, in cornbination with the said body and bottom or head, substantially as nerein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth. The above specification of my invention signed by me this 18th day of May, 1870.

THOMAS )L BELL.

lVitnesses:

GEO W. MABEE, J .urns '.l. GRAHAM. 

